9.25.2007

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Chuseok, also sometimes spelt 'Chusok', is a major holiday in Korea, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar Korean calendar. It is a thanksgiving feast and is also called Hangawi (한가위) (from "han" = "great" and "gawi" = "middle", i.e. "a great day in the middle of the autumn"). Chuseok occurs simultaneously with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.

Hangawi was known since at least the early period of the kingdom of Shilla (57 BC - AD 935), where it originally grew out of a month-long weaving contest between two teams. Come the day of Hangawi, the team that had woven more cloth had won and was treated to a feast by the losing team.

Nowadays, on Chuseok there is a mass exodus of Koreans returning to their hometowns, since hometowns are not only where one was born and raised, but where the spirits of one's ancestors are enshrined. People perform ancestral worship rituals early in the morning. They often visit the tombs of immediate ancestors to trim plants and clean the area around the tomb, and offer food, drink, and crops to their ancestors. Harvest crops are attributed to the blessing of ancestors, and Chuseok offers Koreans a unique opportunity to refresh their memory and gratitude to their ancestors.

One of the major foods prepared and eaten during the Chuseok holiday is Songpyeon (송편), a crescent-shaped rice cake which is steamed upon pine needles.

A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok, but these vary from region to region. A lion dance is performed in the north-west, a tug of war in Jeolla and Gyeongsang provinces. Other regions hold wrestling and archery contests. For all games, in all regions, a Nongak band performs.

info by wikipedia

And of course, the beautiful actresses in Hanbok dresses for Chuseok!!!

Happy Chuseok everybody!!!



Kyeon Mi Ri is already in her forties, has 2 kids already but
heck she is still kickin!

Park Eun Hye, another favorite
of mine from DJG, she's also in Yisan!

Cutie Seo Min Jung looks real classy in Hanbok

Han Jimin is meant to be a chosun lady from Dae Jang Geum
to Capital Scandal and to Yisan ^^

Bada doesnt need fashion police this time at least ^^

Kim So Yeon
Looking sweet-faced despite her bitter character in All About Eve

Jeon Hye Bin looks real elegant in Hanbok

Lee Young Ae my favorite Star in Hanbok!


Han Ji Hye, ever so adorable

Hyun Young is pretty in hanbok!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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